- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 15, 1963
Time: 1612
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Operator: Cruzeiro
Flight #: 403
Route: Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo
AC Type: Convair CV-240-0
Registration: PP-CEV
cn / ln: 006
Aboard: 45   (passengers:40  crew:5)
Fatalities: 6   (passengers:5  crew:1)
Ground: 7
Summary: The crippled airliner crashed into houses and burst into flames as it was coming in for an emergency landing in steady rain. Control was lost while attempting a go around manoeuvre due top the failure of the left engine.
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